News $40 million Raspberry Pi IPO is set for June

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That's great that ARM is investing in them, but as majority stockholders, I feel like this could deter some aspects of innovation. One example would be having a RISC-V RPi at some point as this potentially lowers the barrier-to-entry yet again when there's no licensing fee to pass on to the customer. Moreover, the open ISA could open up new opportunities for amateur chip designers, as well as commercial start-ups, namely on socketed CPU's.

Nothing against ARM and the software ecosystem is definitely stronger, but thinking about the spirit of the pie and what next big thing would take the concept to the next level.
 

TJ Hooker

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That's great that ARM is investing in them, but as majority stockholders, I feel like this could deter some aspects of innovation. One example would be having a RISC-V RPi at some point as this potentially lowers the barrier-to-entry yet again when there's no licensing fee to pass on to the customer. Moreover, the open ISA could open up new opportunities for amateur chip designers, as well as commercial start-ups, namely on socketed CPU's.

Nothing against ARM and the software ecosystem is definitely stronger, but thinking about the spirit of the pie and what next big thing would take the concept to the next level.
Where do you see that ARM will become the majority shareholder?